The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 1937
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
1:34 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 178
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.82° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.14° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.74° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.